CVE-2017-17420
15Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 48%
exploitation probability
48%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Quest NetVault Backup 11.3.0.12. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of NVBUJobCountHistory Get method requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the underlying database. Was ZDI-CAN-4231.
Affected products
Quest · Quest NetVault Backup